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December 7, 2012
Coca-Cola’s low cost solar cooler
Coca Cola has been using the medium of its new and innovative low cost solar cooler to open up the rural market in India. In this post, a kirana store owner uses it to cool her stock of Coca-Cola drinks, but these can be used in a multitude of ways […]
December 7, 2012
Husk Power Systems raise US$5 million for expansion purposes
The famous social enterprise in Bihar, India, that runs a chain of micro power plants with agricultural waste as the raw material have now raised INR 270 million or US$ 5 million from Bamboo Finance, Acumen Fund and LGT Venture Philanthropy for the purpose of expansion. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
d.light celebrating 10 million customers served
d.light design has been selling solar lanterns for a long time now, and their lantern designs are durable and can be found across several countries where social enterprises or developmental aid activities are ongoing. They recently sold their 10 millionth lantern. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
Four African teens put together a generator that runs on urine
Four teens have showcased their innovative power generating model at the recent Maker Faire Africa in Lagos, Nigeria. What is special about their generator is that it runs on urine. For about a litre of urine, the generator runs for about 6 hours providing electricity. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
Trends and Developments in the Africa Off-Grid Lighting Market
This report by Lighting Africa, a market development programme supporting creation, expansion of clean energy markets in SSA (sub-Saharan Africa) projects that sales of quality solar lanterns in SSA has increased by 300 per cent between 2008 and 2012. Read more here, and read the report here.
December 7, 2012
US: Research funding provided for clean cookstoves
The US Department of Energy (US DOE) is looking to grant an amount of US$2.5 million for research into innovative clean cookstoves for use in developing countries, burning wood or crop residues. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
Halton Foundation awards US$30,000 to the Himalayan Stove Project
The Halton Foundation has granted the Himalayan Stove Project an amount of US$30,000 which will aid in scaling their activities of providing clean cooking support in the trans-Himalayan regions, thereby helping to improve health of the people of the trans-Himalayan region. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
Soros Economic Development Fund and Industrialization Fund for Developing Countries invest in CleanStar Mozambique
The Soros Economic Development Fund and Industrialization Fund for Developing Countries will soon collectively invest US$9 million in CleanStar Mozambique, a social enterprise in Mozambique that replaces the use of inefficient fuel charcoal with efficient and smokeless biofuel, made from cassava. Read more here and here.
December 7, 2012
Measurement and modelling of IAP in rural households with multiple stove interventions
This study concentrates on measurement and modelling of IAP or indoor air pollution with multiple stove interventions as an experiment in Yunnan, China to find notable differences in the quality of air with efficient and inefficient cookstoves. Read more here.
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